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Mary Winston Jackson worked as a mathematician, called human computer, at NACA and later NASA from 1950-1985.

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Worked at NACA and NASA with tracking teams of manned and unmanned orbital missions. Notable calculations included trajectory for Alan Shepard‘s 1959 flight; Verification calculations made for John Glenn's 1962 orbit; and calculations for the 1969…

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President Roosevelt signing a declaration.

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General Armstrong was instrumental in starting the Hampton University, then known as the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute.

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Excerpt from the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, passed at the session of 1869-'70 showing Virginia granting a charter establishing the Hampton Agricultural and Normal Institute.

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Photocopy of an original photograph

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From item caption:"Fugitive slaves approaching the Federal sentinels rear of Fortess Monroe and seeking the protection of General Butler. Fugitive slaves entering Fortress Monroe - passing the drawbridge at the main entrance guarded by the…
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